18 February 2021
Success for NASA as Perseverance lands on Mars
... with our spacecraft throughout the solar system, but Mars surface missions take this commitment to another level,” said... more drones will be sent on subsequent missions, not only to Mars but also to Titan, to map the surfaces of these worlds ...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
... for potential return to Earth by a future mission. "The Mars 2020 rover is the first step in a potential multi-mission ...zones and divert to safe ground nearby," said Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent and landing lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
01 March 2019
New evidence of a planet-wide groundwater system on Mars
... might ever know, as new geological evidence suggests Mars has a planet-wide system of channels that once...found the first geological evidence of a planet-wide groundwater system on Mars.” This evidence comes in the form of channels etched into crater ...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... could be a stretch even if the monetary aspect of it all is not an issue; “we find that even without budget constraints, a Mars 2033 orbital mission cannot be realistically scheduled under NASA’s current and notional plans… Further budget shortfalls...
27 May 2019
Third largest water reservoir on Mars found
...frozen variety and is buried approximately 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) beneath Mars' north pole, sandwiched between layers of sand. If the ...it can help to paint a picture of past climate on Mars. The scientists behind the recent study, whose lead author ...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... – could be 'repurposed’ under the new bill. Instead of a lunar Gateway, the bill advocates the requirement of a “Gateway to Mars” in cislunar space or at a Lagrange point. The martian Gateway, that specifically “shall not be required for the conduct...
